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Salmonellosis in peanut butter from Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia has become "one of the nation’s worst known outbreaks of food-borne disease" in recent years. Nine are believed to have died and an estimated 22,500 were sickened.
This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness was not understood, and, from the mid 1800s to early-mid 1900s, was perceived as ptomaine poisoning ...
This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks. A foodborne illness may be from an infectious disease , heavy metals , chemical contamination , or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms .
Foodborne illness is caused by the consumption of food or water contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites, or toxins. Symptoms can be as mild as cramps and a bit of diarrhea to life-threatening ...
Foodborne illness isn't consistent. Just like other outbreaks, there's an element of randomness to how foodborne illness spreads. “You’ve had three prominent outbreaks in fairly short order ...
While many cases go unreported, "the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 48 million people – about 1 in 6 Americans – get sick from foodborne illnesses each ...
2007 – Pet food recalls occurred in North America, Europe, and South Africa as a result of Chinese protein export contamination using melamine as an adulterant. 2008 – Baby milk scandal, in China. 300,000 babies affected, 51,900 hospitalisations and 6 infant deaths. Lost revenue compensation~$30M, bankruptcy, trade restrictions imposed by ...
Tainted Eats. Every year, 48 million Americans get sick and some 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with Salmonella, Listeria, and E ...